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cm0002@lemmy.world to Funny@sh.itjust.works · 18 hours ago

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cm0002@lemmy.world to Funny@sh.itjust.works · 18 hours ago
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  • RedSnt 👓♂️🖥️@feddit.dk
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    Siemens made knockoff Nokia phones? I trust Siemens a lot, they’re a quality manufacturer, but I don’t think I ever saw anyone use a Siemens back in the pre-smart phone days.

    From wikipedia:

    The phone included a WAP browser and two games: Stack Attack and Balloon Shooter.

    WAP browser you say…

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      Sometimes you only want to make one trip but you need a cell phone, building systems control system, and a motor for your electric locomotive. Siemens understands and the got you.

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      They were very common here, my first ever phone was a Siemens C25, and some years later Siemens A50 was so cheap, a lot of my friends had that. But I guess these couldn’t help the mobile branch of Siemens, it was sold to Benq in 2005. It existed from 1985 to 2005 only.

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        Maybe the fashion was different based on country, because like I mentioned, in Denmark Nokia was definitely more widespread until the colour screens pre-smart phone era came along.

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          From 2000 to 2005 they were in the top 4 manufacturers worldwide: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_best-selling_mobile_phones#2000_2

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      That exact model was kinda common here in Sweden too (along with the countries of others who replied).

      I don’t think I’ve seen it since then and the nostalgia hit me like a brick. I distinctly remember how rubbery and mushy the buttons were, in a weirdly good way.

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      My first - 1999 iirc - was a Siemens. And yes they really felt like cheap Nokia knockoffs.

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      Did the browser park its big mac truck right in a little garage?

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